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Differences in pronunciation between American English (AmE) and British English (BrE) can be divided into . differences in accent (i.e. phoneme inventory and realisation).See differences between General American and Received Pronunciation for the standard accents in the United States and Britain; for information about other accents see regional accents of English speakers.
Learn how American and British English spellings differ in various words, such as analyse/analyze, centre/center, and programme/program. Find out the historical origins and reasons for the spelling variations.
Learn how American English and British English have diverged in pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, and more over 400 years. See examples, lists, and sources of the differences and similarities between the two varieties of the English language.
Learn about the origins, features, and regional differences of American English, the most widely spoken and influential form of English worldwide. Explore the history of English in the United States, the phonological characteristics of General American, and the diversity of dialects and accents across the country.
Learn about the variations in the pronunciation of spoken North American English, such as the cot-caught merger, the fronting of /oʊ/ and /u/, and the irregular behavior of /ɒrV/. See the classification of regional accents based on phonetic and phonological features.
Learn how General American (GA) and Received Pronunciation (RP) differ in rhoticity, vowel quality, and consonant pronunciation. See examples, phonetic transcriptions, and regional variations of these standard accents of American and British English.
Learn about the system of speech sounds used in spoken English and how they vary across different dialects. Find out the number and distribution of consonant and vowel phonemes, the features of fortis and lenis consonants, and the pronunciation of words with syllabic consonants.
This article provides phonetic transcriptions of English sounds using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). It also shows how the sounds vary in different dialects, such as American English (AmE), Australian English (AuE), and others.